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Definition of excrescence

(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form

Similar Words: bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion

Hyponyms: vegetation, frontal eminence, occipital protuberance, belly, caput, mogul, nub, nubble, snag, wart

Derivational Morphology: protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out, pouch, protuberate, hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over, bag, bulk

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